Meutj-card holder



June 24, 1924. 1,498,989

M. W. BATTLE MENU CARD HOLDER F iled July a, 1923 gwmmtoz f/iw W. 5am.

Patented June 24, I924.

MARY W. BATTLE, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

MENU-CARD I-IOLDCE'Bh Application filed July 6, 1923. Serial No. 649,943.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVIARY IV. BATTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Menu-Card I-Iold ers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to menu card holders and has reference to an improved means for holding the card in place.

In menu card holders of this type, it is necessary to provide means whereby the card can be readily removed and which permits the card to be quickly and conveniently put into place.

In menu card holders now extensively employed a pair of hooks are provided near the hinge of the covers. These hooks are adapted to be inserted through holes in the menu card and to receive a rubber band for holding the card in place. This construction, although it is serviceable, is not as desirable as it might be, and it is my object to produce a more convenient means for holding the card in place.

My present invention, briefly described, consists of two cover members which are connected by means of a hinge So as to be movable with respect to each other. For the purpose of securing the menu card in place, I provide two securing members which are preferably connected to the hinge pin and which have a portion that can be moved about a pivot at right angles to the pivot pin. These securing members are adapted to be passed through openings in the menu cards and to be moved into such a position that the card will be held in place.

In order to more clearly describe my invention, I shall have reference to the accompanying drawing in which the preferred form of my invention is shown, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective showing my menu card holder in partly open position and the menu card held in place therein by means of my improved means.

Fig. 2 shows the hinges removed and shows how the securing means is related to the hinge member. V Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 l, Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 Fig. 4.

The same reference numbers will be used to designate the same parts throughout the several views.

Numerals l and 2 represent the two cover members of my holder. These members are movably connected by means of a hinge 3. The hinge is made in the well known manner and has a hinge pin 4. Threaded onto the hinge pin are two securing members which are identical and which each comprise a shank 5 which is provided near one end with a hole for the reception of the is a section taken on line 5-5,

hinge pin t. The other end is provided with two opposed lugs 6 to which the member 7 is pivoted' A spring 8 cooperates with the lugs 6 and serves to hold the member 7 in the position shown in Fig. 4 and also in the position shown in the upper portion of Fig. 2. The securing means is made in the same way as the ordinary collar button of this type and dilfers from these merely in this, that the head 7 is much longer and the base is removed from the stud 5. i

When it is desired to put the menu card 9 into place, the securing means is moved into the POSitiOn shown in the upper end of Fig. 2; that is, into a position in which the head 7 is parallel to the shank 5 instead of at right angles thereto. The menu card is preferably perforated at the crease, the perforations being spaced apart the same distance as the shanks 5. The heads 7 are in sorted through the openings in the menu cards and then rotated about the lugs 6 into a position at right angles to the shanks 5 or into the position shown in Figs. 1 and lin which position the heads 7 will prevent the card from being removed. It will be noted that the lugs 6 cooperate with the heads 7 a short distance from the end 10 so that the heads and the shank form a T-like structure.

I have shown the securing means made in the manner common in collar buttons, but this is not necessary, as they may be made in other Ways. My invention in its broadest aspect comprises the combination of a hinge and a securing means secured to the hinge pin, said securing means having a shank and a head pivotally connected to the outer end of the shank in such a manner that it can be moved into a position parallel with or at right angles to the shank.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In combination a pair of relatively movable members, means for connecting said members comprising a hinge having a hinge in, a shank secured to the hinge pin, a heat pivotally connected to the end of the shank by means Which permit the head to move into a position substantially parallel to the shank and into a position at right angles thereto.

2. In combination, a pair of cover members having interengaging hinge portions, a hinge pin cooperatively related to the hinge portions, a shank secured to the hinge pin, said shank having opposed pivot lugs extending at right angles to the hinge pin, a head pivotally connected to the lugs and adapted to be rotated into a position at right angles to the shank and into a position substantially parallel thereto.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

MARY W. BATTLE. 

